Nick described it as an “unbroken series of successful gestures” (Fitzgerald 2) and notes that there was “something wonderful about him, a heightened sensitivity to the promises of life, as if he were related to one of those intricate machines that record earthquakes ten thousand miles away” (2). When Nick says this, he means that Gatsby's beauty is the same beauty he finds in the American Dream. The American dream is truly beautiful. When people truly achieve their American dream, then people will see the beauty of life, the beauty of being happy and accomplishing something that not many get to do. It is through Gatsby's “heightened sensitivity to the promises of life” (2) that Nick admits that their ambition is still towards the vision of the American dream. This shows that he still believes that the American dream can be achieved and bring happiness to the people who work hard to achieve it. Author Barbara Will states in her article “The Great Gatsby and the Bawdy World,” what matters to Gatsby is what matters to “us”; Gatsby's story is "our" story; his destiny and that of the nation are intertwined. The fact that Gatsby “all worked out in the end” is therefore essential to the new vision of a transcended and collective Americanism (Will 126). Since Gatsby represents the idea of ​​what the American Dream is all about and what should bring us happiness, she clarifies by stating that no matter what goals we achieve in life, everything will be found. People may not get everything they want in life, but in the end they are happy. Just like Gatsby finally got his American dream if only for a while'